Author Topic: What piece of essential gym equipment is your gym lacking? (Read 6520 times)

Grape Ape · « **Reply #50 on:** August 21, 2015, 09:52:37 AM »

Can't see how a hack squat could be considered essential. Plenty of other ways to hit that muscle group. Seems more like a niche piece of equipment.

freespirit · « **Reply #51 on:** August 21, 2015, 09:53:35 AM »

_aj_ · « **Reply #52 on:** August 21, 2015, 09:53:58 AM »

Quote from: Grape Ape on August 21, 2015, 09:52:37 AM

Can't see how a hack squat could be considered essential. Plenty of other ways to hit that muscle group. Seems more like a niche piece of equipment.

A niche piece of equipment that is the size of a VW Microbus.

MAXX · « **Reply #53 on:** August 21, 2015, 09:56:22 AM »

db's over 45 kilo lol

Donny · « **Reply #54 on:** August 21, 2015, 10:04:17 AM »

Lying leg curl machine ( which i do at Home ). OK Hammies can be trained with other exercises but i like them better than sitting. Also don´t have the standing variation. Did these many moons ago with Iron Boots.

ritch · « **Reply #55 on:** August 21, 2015, 11:21:17 AM »

Quote from: freespirit on August 21, 2015, 09:53:35 AM

No incline bench??? Why do you guys suscribe there, lol?
Guess you can bring an adjustable bench to the squat rack but then the rack is being used for others who wanna squat.

This thread is making me like my gym more and more...

funk51 · « **Reply #56 on:** August 21, 2015, 11:50:15 AM »

bet none of your gyms have these...

DroppingPlates · « **Reply #57 on:** August 21, 2015, 11:51:41 AM »

Quote from: funk51 on August 21, 2015, 11:50:15 AM

bet none of your gyms have these...

What's the advantage over a barbell?

Donny · « **Reply #58 on:** August 21, 2015, 11:54:23 AM »

Quote from: funk51 on August 21, 2015, 11:50:15 AM

bet none of your gyms have these...

Funky Bro no kid now knows the name Weider never mind a swingbell curl or other exercises with this simple piece of kit.

falco · « **Reply #59 on:** August 21, 2015, 11:56:55 AM »

Have been in a gym without a squat rack...

Yes, it happened.

Donny · « **Reply #60 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:02:19 PM »

Quote from: falco on August 21, 2015, 11:56:55 AM

Have been in a gym without a squat rack... Yes, it happened.

me too. I asked the Gym owner why he had no rack and he said it´s unhealthy.

funk51 · « **Reply #61 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:04:55 PM »

Quote from: Donny on August 21, 2015, 12:02:19 PM

me too. I asked the Gym owner why he had no rack and he said it´s unhealthy.

must have been vince's gym

Donny · « **Reply #62 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:06:19 PM »

Quote from: funk51 on August 21, 2015, 12:04:55 PM

must have been vince's gym

wish it was Funk...

funk51 · « **Reply #63 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:08:19 PM »

Quote from: DroppingPlates on August 21, 2015, 11:51:41 AM

What's the advantage over a barbell?

just another tool to hit the muscles from another angle, just a variation of the same theme which is what all exercises and machines are..

Eulogy · « **Reply #64 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:08:49 PM »

Dedicated T-Bar spot. Idiots in my gym keep breaking mirrors by having the other end not locked in place.

Donny · « **Reply #65 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:19:42 PM »

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=387784.0

Donny · « **Reply #66 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:21:10 PM »

Quote from: Eulogy on August 21, 2015, 12:08:49 PM

Dedicated T-Bar spot. Idiots in my gym keep breaking mirrors by having the other end not locked in place.

Good one.. considering you can buy a relatively cheap bar holder

ritch · « **Reply #67 on:** August 21, 2015, 12:22:04 PM »

Quote from: Eulogy on August 21, 2015, 12:08:49 PM

Dedicated T-Bar spot. Idiots in my gym keep breaking mirrors by having the other end not locked in place.

If mirrors kept getting broken, then your gym owner is kinda dumb to simply not get the little socket you stick the bar in for a designated rowing area. Also, when you get passed x amount of weights, the bar does not stay in place...

DroppingPlates · « **Reply #68 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:44:48 PM »

Quote from: funk51 on August 21, 2015, 12:08:19 PM

just another tool to hit the muscles from another angle, just a variation of the same theme which is what all exercises and machines are..

From skull crushers to nut crackers...

Eulogy · « **Reply #69 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:49:07 PM »

Quote from: ritch on August 21, 2015, 12:22:04 PM

If mirrors kept getting broken, then your gym owner is kinda dumb to simply not get the little socket you stick the bar in for a designated rowing area. Also, when you get passed x amount of weights, the bar does not stay in place...

I always position it under one side of a squat rack. But I agree a cheap holder would be a wise investment. It is quite amusing to see someone sack themselves when the bar juts up.

doriancutlerman · « **Reply #70 on:** August 21, 2015, 01:52:16 PM »

I've been out of training for-f**king-ever given my diverticulitis (and complications therefrom), but when I DO get back to it, I lament the fact that both of the best-equipped branches of my local Y lack an old-school pec deck. A plate-loaded one would be particularly nice.

Said branches have a decent variety of HS stuff, including the Iso-Incline, the DY Row and the Iso-Wide Chest (among others), but I wish they had more G1 Nautilus stuff, particularly for the biceps and triceps. The Multi-Biceps machine is pretty good, but the Multi-Triceps and its karate-chop shit ... meh. I worked my ass off on that thing as a 15 and 16-year-old and, even when I was stacking the thing in good form, my triceps lagged. Arthur Jones was a genius beyond that which most people can even begin to comprehend; however, he was definitely NOT God.

Eulogy · « **Reply #71 on:** August 21, 2015, 02:03:27 PM »

Quote from: doriancutlerman on August 21, 2015, 01:52:16 PM

I've been out of training for-f**king-ever given my diverticulitis (and complications therefrom), but when I DO get back to it, I lament the fact that both of the best-equipped branches of my local Y lack an old-school pec deck. A plate-loaded one would be particularly nice.

Said branches have a decent variety of HS stuff, including the Iso-Incline, the DY Row and the Iso-Wide Chest (among others), but I wish they had more G1 Nautilus stuff, particularly for the biceps and triceps. The Multi-Biceps machine is pretty good, but the Multi-Triceps and its karate-chop shit ... meh. I worked my ass off on that thing as a 15 and 16-year-old and, even when I was stacking the thing in good form, my triceps lagged. Arthur Jones was a genius beyond that which most people can even begin to comprehend; however, he was definitely NOT God.

Hope you can make enough of a recovery that you can train again, man. Sucks to be forced out of the gym.

Dr Dutch · « **Reply #72 on:** August 21, 2015, 02:06:52 PM »

Lacking a hot assed fitness babe...

ritch · « **Reply #73 on:** August 21, 2015, 02:12:47 PM »

Quote from: Eulogy on August 21, 2015, 01:49:07 PM

I always position it under one side of a squat rack. But I agree a cheap holder would be a wise investment. It is quite amusing to see someone sack themselves when the bar juts up.

That's when I appear out of nowhere to make them nuts feel better!

doriancutlerman · « **Reply #74 on:** August 21, 2015, 04:13:02 PM »

Quote from: Eulogy on August 21, 2015, 02:03:27 PM

Hope you can make enough of a recovery that you can train again, man. Sucks to be forced out of the gym.

Many thanks, my good man.

I am in fact ready to go again, but most decent gyms in my neighborhood are still too expensive for my tastes. If only I could borrow some of those fistfuls of Pounds from Uncle Jr.!